Rocky is gone

Farewell to the Rocky Mountain News. After 150 years, it will publish its last edition on Friday, Feb. 27. It's a sad day in Denver.

Catch the Oscars?

Anybody catch the oscars? The short animated french film that won was apparently about masonry. I'm looking for a clip that we can legally link. If you see it, send the link to info@rmmi.org please

Immigration reform ticker

On the web site http://www.respectrespeto.org/en/ there's a countdown ticker to track how long it takes for President Obama to institute immigration reform. The group " Respect Respeto" wants immigration reform to be part of the stimulous package because of the number of immigrants who make up the labor workforce that will be needed to build the plan's transportation and school building projects.

Safety Stimulous

RMMI is offering FREE safety training for masons and hoddies in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The first class will be Thursday, Feb. 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. at RMMI, 686 Mariposa St, Denver. The full schedule of classes, which will include Pueblo, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, Ft. Collins, Cheyenne, and points north up to and including Boise, will be announced soon. Watch our website for more info www.rmmi.org

SpecMix Bricklayer 500 results

Mason Tyke Mangum from North Carolina, took first place overall in the SpecMix Bricklayer 500 with record 890 brick laid. This timed, 60 minute competition was held on Wednesday, 1:30 PM CST, February 4th, 2009, at the Masonry Construction’s Challenge Arena, located in the Gold Lot, at the 2009 World of Concrete / World of Masonry trade show. This is the largest annual construction trade show in the world. It is held once a year at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 2009 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National is a bricklaying competition comprised of the best bricklayers in the world. Twenty, 2-man teams made up of a mason and mason tender, compete to lay the most brick while meeting strictly defined quality standards. The competition has the largest winner’s purse of any masonry competition. The competitors compete for well over $100,000 in cash and prizes before a crowd of 4,500 arena spectators and thousands more by live webcast.

For more details about this event go to www.specmixbricklayer500.com This is the web site that offers a FREE, webcast connection of the archived 2009 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500® National.
To view an archive video of the 2009 SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 National competition go to: http://www.smbl500.com/webcast-info.cfm

Business Scam: Annual Minutes Disclosure Statement

There's a warning in Colorado for Business Owners. A scam letter is being sent to business owners across the state telling them to renew their dues. The letter contains some misspellings and grammatical errors, which can be a tip-off.
The document is called the Annual Minutes Disclosure Statement and says you have to remit the money by Monday, Feb. 9. The "bill" is supposed to be paid by check and mailed to a PO box.
Someone ran this same scam last year, according to the Secretary of State's office.
Anyone who receives an Annual Minutes Disclosure Statement renewal notice is supposted to contact the secretary of state by writing to business@sos.state.co.us. You can also call 303-894-2200, and press 2 for the business division.